God, not me

[alonso ramoran]

God, not me

When grief
was the overload

in a cloud I appreciate the use of a different font color, but I wonder what does it do for the poem? I have several theories but I'd like to hear from you

He met
lies with lies,
deceit with deceit;

all the while
He deadened pain
by painting a smile
to keep a heart
from crumbling.

You could heighten the enjambment in the stanza above by writing it in the format I wrote it in below. Modify it as you please. 
A crumbling heart I feel teeters on cliche. Maybe you could change that to increase the payoff of the last line?

all the while He
deadened pain by
painting a smile to
keep a heart from
crumbling.

It's harder to pick bones
with God,

so dysfunction
chooses the weakest, no comma needed here.
instead. not too fond on the isolation of instead here. I'd drop it.

Those were my thoughts

Good luck with it, Alex